Generalized Method of Modeling Minute-in-Trail Strategy for Air Traffic Flow Management

Table 6

Comparison with the - and -based methods under for the special case ( and ).

—		Rate-based method	Need-based method	DP-based method
Strategy		: 10 (3 min/flight), :10 (3 min/flight)	: 10 (3 min/flight), : 10 (3 min/flight)	: 8 (3 min/flight), : 8 (3 min/flight)
		: 16 (2 min/flight), : 16 (2 min/flight)	: 16 (2 min/flight), : 16 (2 min/flight)	: 16 (2 min/flight), : 16 (2 min/flight)
				: 16 (2 min/flight)
		: 9 (4 min/flight), : 9 (4 min/flight)	: 8 (4 min/flight), : 8 (4 min/flight)	: 8 (4 min/flight), : 8 (4 min/flight)
		: 12 (3 min/flight), : 12 (3 min/flight)	: 12 (3 min/flight), : 12 (3 min/flight)	: 12 (3 min/flight), : 12 (3 min/flight)
				: 12 (3 min/flight)
		: 9 (4 min/flight), : 9 (4 min/flight)	: 10 (3 min/flight), : 10 (3 min/flight)	: 12 (3 min/flight), : 12 (3 min/flight)
		: 15 (2 min/flight), : 15 (2 min/flight)	: 15 (2 min/flight), : 15 (2 min/flight)	: 15 (2 min/flight), : 15 (2 min/flight)
				: 15 (2 min/flight)
		: 3 (10 min/flight), : 3 (10 min/flight)	: 3 (10 min/flight), : 3 (10 min/flight)	: 3 (10 min/flight), : 3 (10 min/flight)
		: 5 (6 min/flight), : 5 (6 min/flight)	: 5 (6 min/flight), : 5 (6 min/flight)	: 5 (6 min/flight), : 5 (6 min/flight)
				: 5 (6 min/flight)
Total cost		787041 (1.102)	768141 (1.075)	714464 (1.0)
AF		101	101	104
TD (min.)		3341	3307	3236
AD (min.)		33.1	32.7	31.1